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Oooey gooey raw apple pie

You heard right – an apple pie that it not only delicious, but 100% nutritious and almost completely fat free! When I saw this video on FullyRaw Kristina’s YouTube channel I knew instantly that this will be one of my favourite dessert recipes as I adore the combination of apples and cinnamon and my favourite fruit in the whole world are figs. Thus, a combination of the above would be heavenly. Initially I thought this recipe will be too complicated for me to produce, but to my surprise it was not at all. With only 5x ingredients (plus water and garnish), this recipe is as easy as…well…PIE! I love how sticky and sweet it is and the best part is that I can enjoy it guilt-free. I prefer eating it with my hands and getting the date crust all over my fingers and cheeks, but when serving it for guests, I would suggest that you rather make the apple pie into individual little pie servings instead of one big apple pie– it is just easier to eat that way.

INGREDIENTS

10x sweet, green Golden Delicious apples

4x cups pitted dates

2x cups raw dried figs

1x teaspoon cinnamon

1x teaspoon nutmeg

2x fresh figs for garnish

¼ cup water

PREPARATION:

Peel (optional) and core your apples

Cut your apples into quarters each

Slice the apple quarters (all except three apples) into very thin slices –use a mandolin to get the slices super thin

Set aside until layering

INSTRUCTIONS – CRUST:

Add 2x cups of dates and 1x cup of dried figs in the food processor

Process the figs and dates until it becomes a sticky cookie dough consistency

Press the dough crust into the bottom of your pie pan using your fingers. If it gets too sticky wet your fingers with a bit of water.

Set aside until layering (you can store in in the fringe while you make the filling)

INSTRUCTIONS – APPLE PIE FILLING:

Add the following to your blender: the quarters of three of your apples (12x quarters), ¼ cup water, 1x cup of dates, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon nutmeg

Blend until you reach a smooth, thick, sticky consistency

Taste and add more dates, cinnamon or nutmeg if needed.

INSTRUCTION – LAYERING THE APPLE PIE

Spread a layer of your filling onto the date crust in the pie pan.

Follow with a layer of apple slices

Alternate between a filling layer and an apple layer

Continue to layer until you reach the brim of your pie dish (try to finish with an apple layer)

Put the dish in the fridge to set for a while

When serving, remove the hold and garnish with extra filling and fresh figs